Published July 1, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Do the KamLAND and solar neutrino data rule out solar density fluctuations?

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)

Description

We elucidate the effects of solar density fluctuations on neutrino propagation through the Sun. Using data from the recent solar neutrino and KamLAND experiments we provide stringent limits on solar density fluctuations. It is shown that the neutrino data constrain solar density fluctuations to be less than β=0.05 at the 70% confidence level, where β is the fractional fluctuation around the value given by the standard solar model. We find that the best fit to the combined solar neutrino and KamLAND data is given by β=0

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 013006-013006.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2003 The American Physical Society